Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Free Software Foundation Europe e.V. (FSFE)
EU Transparency Register
33882407107-76 First registered on 09 Nov 2011
Goals / Remit
Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to control technology. It is dedicated to the furthering of Free Software, and works to promote freedom in the emerging digital society.
FSFE works to build awareness for Free Software - software which anyone may use, study, share and improve - and its benefits for individuals and organisations.
We work to increase knowledge about technology, and to build and environment in which software innovation and businesses can thrive. This includes promoting helpful rules such as Open Standards, and removing obstacles such as software patents or monopolies in the software market.Main EU files targeted
Free and Open Source Software
Free Trade Agreements
Patent and copyright policy
Competition policy
Standardisation
Education
AI
DMAAddress
Head Office
Schönhauser Allee, 6/7
Berlin 10119
GERMANYEU Office
Schönhauser Allee, 6/7
Berlin 10119
GERMANYWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 09 Aug 2022
Name Start date End Date Alexander SANDER 17 Oct 2023 16 Oct 2024 Lina Maritza CEBALLOS ZAMBRANO 26 May 2023 24 May 2024 Alexander SANDER 05 Apr 2022 05 Apr 2023 Lina Maritza CEBALLOS ZAMBRANO 31 Mar 2022 31 Mar 2023 Mr Matthias KIRSCHNER 31 Oct 2018 31 Oct 2019 Alexander SANDER 30 Oct 2018 30 Oct 2019 Mr Karsten Gerloff 13 Jun 2014 11 Jun 2015 Mr Karsten Gerloff 29 Jun 2013 27 Jun 2014 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
https://fsfe.org/about/transparency-commitment.en.html
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
489,225€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant FOSS4SMEs 5,445€ Other financial info
https://fsfe.org/about/funds/2020.en.html
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
The FSFE asks for more Free Software and Open Standards in Open Science
https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170105-01.en.html
New European Interoperability Framework calls on public sector to
contribute to Free Software
https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170613-01.en.html
Estonian presidency in the EU: the FSFE asks for truly interoperable IT
services in public sector
https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170710-01.en.html
European Copyright reform hampers Free Software development
https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170908-01.en.html
Public Money? Public Code! 31 organisations ask to improve public
procurement of software
https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170913-01.en.html
and https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20190124-01.en.html
EU Copyright Review: Tell Legislators to Save Code Share
https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20171005-01.en.html and https://savecodeshare.eu/
32 European ministers call for more Free Software in governmental infrastructure https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20171109-01.en.html
EU Copyright review: The FSFE joins more than 80 organisations asking the EU member states to reject harmful Article 13
https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20171130-01.en.html
https://fsfe.org/tags/tagged-pmpc.htmlOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
3 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 04 Jul 2023 Location online Subject interoperability, public sector open source Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn Portfolio Budget and Administration Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject Open source software Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Keith Sequeira (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Dec 2014 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject IT procurement and open source strategy DG Informatics Attending - Stephen Quest (Director-General)
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